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Common Name

Richardson's Ground Squirrel

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-80

Species

Species: richardsonii

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Sciurinae Genus: Spermophilus Species: richardsonii 355

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	29.5524	44.9121	23.6983
Mandible Right	7.738	32.9848	16.107
Mandible Left	7.1499	33.1666	15.6831
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	16.5035	54.3602	17.7262
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	16.5035	54.3602	17.7262

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Edson Fichter

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Female

Is Complete

No

Date Published

9/29/2015

Repository

IMNH Osteology

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements